Kavveri Telecom acquires Spotwave for $7 million

New Delhi, Jan 17: Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd today said it has acquired Spotwave Wireless Inc USA and Spotwave Wireless Inc Canada at an investment of seven million dollars.

This acquisition enables Kavveri to provide solutions in bringing the outdoor signal inside or both commercial and residential locations ensuring that cell phones and wireless devices work reliably indoors, said a statement.

In the recent past Kavveri had acquired Til-Tek a leader in antennas, DCI, Canada, a leader in RF products and Filters and Sigma Wireless, Ireland.

''With this acquisition we are introducing an intelligent adaptive repeater in-building solution which will be a key strategic addition to Kavveri's existing in-Building product and services business,'' said company Managing Director Shivakumar Reddy.

Through this we will be offering uninterrupted coverage indoors for the wireless devices at a very affordable price, he added.

Kavveri Telecom has recorded sales of Rs 43 crores in the third quarter showing an increase of 375 per cent when compared to previous years corresponding quarter.

Kavveri is now upgrading its manufacturing facility at Jigani, about 25 Kms from Bangalore. The plant is being upgraded with an investment of Rs 15 cores and will be ready by April 2008. Kavveri's clientele in India include Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia, Nortel, ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone Essar, Idea, Reliance, Spice, BSNL and WorldSpace.

UNI